• Read This First
• Radical Prostatectomy -- The
"Gold Standard"
• Evolution of an Operation
• Breakthrough in Understanding
Potency
• Perfecting the Radical Prostatectomy
• Are You In Good Hands? What
to Look for in a Surgeon
• The Anatomic Retropubic
Prostatectomy
• Questions You May Have
before Surgery
• Are You in Shape for
Surgery?

Never underestimate prostate cancer. It is a formidable adversary,
which springs up in several places at once inside the prostate. A cancerous prostate has, on average, seven separate tumors growing inside
it. Thus. to cure the disease, we can't just take out a few of these spots
of cancer; we must eliminate the entire prostate. If cancer is confined to
the prostate, there is no better way to cure it than radical prostatectomy.
The goal of all other forms of treatment for prostate cancer is to be as
good as the "gold standard," radical prostatectomy. Today, radical
prostatectomy cures the vast majority of men with cancer confined to
the prostate, even if it has penetrated the wall, or capsule, of the
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